Mhealth and Human-Centered Design Towards Enhanced Health, Care, and Well-Being

Scataglini, Sofia, Imbesi, Silvia, Marques, Gonçalo

  • 出版商: Springer
  • 出版日期: 2024-07-20
  • 售價: $6,280
  • 貴賓價: 9.5$5,966
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 200
  • 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
  • ISBN: 9819939917
  • ISBN-13: 9789819939916
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商品描述

The book examines the current state of mHealth and Human-Centered Design (HCD) initiatives toward health, care, and well-being. The present surge in interest in improving people's quality of life is creating new prospects for the development of innovative design solutions aimed at enhancing living conditions. The combination of emerging user needs and opportunities provided by recent innovative mHealth technologies enables research institutions, stakeholders, and academia to design new solutions to promote well-being, health, and care, thereby improving the quality of life of people of all ages. The book analyzes and discusses the most innovative services, products, and systems in the healthcare field. This strategy is in line with the concept of ambient assisted living or enhanced living environment, which focuses on the comfort and health of specific categories of users.

This book covers several topics highlighting the importance of involving end-users in the design of innovative solutions in digital health care, and design considerations of mobile healthcare applications.

Furthermore, the covered topics are described in their current applications in relevant fields focusing on the design of smart solutions, such as biomonitoring systems, activity recognition tools, smart living environments, physical autonomy, and virtual assistance.

This editorial project is addressed to academics, designers, engineers, and practitioners in health care who want to promote cooperation between academia, stakeholders, and research institutions.


商品描述(中文翻譯)

本書探討了目前 mHealth 和以人為中心的設計 (HCD) 在健康、護理和福祉方面的現狀。當前對改善人們生活品質的興趣激增,為開發旨在提升生活條件的創新設計解決方案創造了新的機會。新興的用戶需求與近期創新 mHealth 技術所提供的機會相結合,使研究機構、利益相關者和學術界能夠設計新的解決方案,以促進福祉、健康和護理,從而改善各年齡層人們的生活品質。本書分析並討論了醫療保健領域中最具創新性的服務、產品和系統。這一策略與環境輔助生活或增強生活環境的概念相一致,該概念專注於特定用戶類別的舒適和健康。

本書涵蓋了幾個主題,強調在數位健康護理中涉及最終用戶設計創新解決方案的重要性,以及移動健康護理應用的設計考量。

此外,所涵蓋的主題在相關領域的當前應用中進行描述,重點在於智能解決方案的設計,例如生物監測系統、活動識別工具、智能生活環境、身體自主性和虛擬助手。

本編輯項目針對希望促進學術界、利益相關者和研究機構之間合作的學者、設計師、工程師和醫療保健從業者。

作者簡介

Sofia Scataglini is a Biomedical Engineer and Visiting Professor at Antwerp University in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, Antwerp, Belgium. Prof. Sofia Scataglini is recognized with the title of European Ergonomist (Eur. Erg.), CREE. In doing so, she is a member of the Scientific Committee of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA) and Chair of the IEA Technical Committee on Digital Human Modeling and Simulation. Sofia is the founder of the Digital Human Modeling by Women group (DHMW), which is dedicated to promoting women in STEAM around the world. Sofia organizes congresses related to applied human factors, ergonomics, wearables, and digital human modeling (DHM). She is involved in different TC groups for standardization, such as at the national (NBN), European (CENELEC), and international levels (ISO and IEC) for ergonomics, biomechanics, wearables, smart textiles, PPE, and clothing. She is also an active editor, writer, and reviewer of books and journals and scientific grants focusing on sensors, medicine, health and care, modeling and simulation, standardization, ergonomics, biomechanics, and design. Her research activities focus on the research and design of products, systems, environments, and services for the health, care, and well-being of people using co-design and user-centered design methods combined with ergonomics.


Silvia Imbesi is Architect and Industrial Designer. Currently, she works as Research Fellow in Inclusive Design at the Department of Architecture of the University of Ferrara, Italy. She is an expert in user-centered methodologies for the design of products, services, and systems. She uses to develop design projects for niche users belonging to fragile categories, particularly in healthcare devices related to the Internet of Things. Since 2009, Silvia Imbesi has worked as Freelance Architect and Designer, collaborating with other professionals, companies, industries, and institutions for the development of projects and design research. Starting in 2012, she collaborated with the University of Ferrara as Contract Professor and participated in several kinds of research related to user-centered methodologies and inclusive devices related to the Internet of Things, innovative teaching methods, etc. Silvia Imbesi authored many international publications about Human-Centered Design, inclusive design, the Internet of Things, wearable devices, human factors, mHealth systems, data visualization, etc.


Gonçalo Marques holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science Engineering and is Senior member of the Portuguese Engineering Association (Ordem dos Engenheiros). He is currently working as Assistant Professor lecturing courses on programming, multimedia, and database systems. Furthermore, he worked as a Software Engineer in the Innovation and Development unit of Groupe PSA automotive industry from 2016 to 2017 and in the IBM group from 2018 to 2019. His current research interests include the Internet of Things, Enhanced Living Environments, machine learning, e-health, telemedicine, medical and healthcare systems, indoor air quality monitoring and assessment, and wireless sensor networks. He has more than 80 publications in international journals and conferences, is a frequent reviewer of journals and international conferences and is also involved in several edited books projects.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

索非亞·斯卡塔格林尼(Sofia Scataglini)是生物醫學工程師,並擔任比利時安特衛普大學醫學與健康科學院復健科學與物理治療系的訪問教授。索非亞教授獲得歐洲人體工學家(European Ergonomist, Eur. Erg.)的稱號,並且是國際人體工學協會(International Ergonomics Association, IEA)科學委員會的成員,以及IEA數位人類建模與模擬技術委員會的主席。索非亞是女性數位人類建模小組(Digital Human Modeling by Women, DHMW)的創始人,該小組致力於在全球推廣女性在STEAM領域的參與。她組織與應用人因學、人體工學、可穿戴設備及數位人類建模(DHM)相關的會議。她參與不同的技術委員會(TC)小組進行標準化工作,包括國家(NBN)、歐洲(CENELEC)及國際(ISO和IEC)層面的人體工學、生物力學、可穿戴設備、智慧紡織品、個人防護裝備(PPE)及服裝等領域。她也是書籍、期刊及科學補助金的活躍編輯、作者及審稿人,專注於感測器、醫學、健康與護理、建模與模擬、標準化、人體工學、生物力學及設計等主題。她的研究活動專注於使用共同設計及以使用者為中心的設計方法結合人體工學,研究和設計針對人們健康、護理及福祉的產品、系統、環境及服務。

西爾維亞·因貝西(Silvia Imbesi)是建築師及工業設計師。目前,她在意大利費拉拉大學建築系擔任包容性設計的研究員。她是以使用者為中心的產品、服務及系統設計方法的專家,專注於為脆弱類別的利基使用者開發設計專案,特別是在與物聯網相關的醫療設備方面。自2009年以來,西爾維亞·因貝西作為自由職業建築師和設計師,與其他專業人士、公司、產業及機構合作開發專案及設計研究。自2012年起,她與費拉拉大學合作擔任合約教授,參與多種與以使用者為中心的方法及與物聯網相關的包容性設備、創新教學方法等相關的研究。西爾維亞·因貝西發表了許多關於以人為中心的設計、包容性設計、物聯網、可穿戴設備、人因學、移動健康系統、數據可視化等的國際出版物。

戈恩卡洛·馬爾克斯(Gonçalo Marques)擁有計算機科學工程的博士學位,並且是葡萄牙工程師協會(Ordem dos Engenheiros)的高級會員。他目前擔任助理教授,教授程式設計、多媒體及資料庫系統的課程。此外,他曾於2016年至2017年在PSA集團汽車產業的創新與發展單位擔任軟體工程師,並於2018年至2019年在IBM集團工作。他目前的研究興趣包括物聯網、增強生活環境、機器學習、電子健康、遠程醫療、醫療及健康系統、室內空氣質量監測與評估,以及無線感測器網路。他在國際期刊和會議上發表了超過80篇論文,並且是期刊和國際會議的常任審稿人,還參與了多個編輯書籍的專案。